**Code**: [LZ](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=126506) **Organization**: University of Leipzig **Division**: Institute of Biology **Department**: Department of Molecular Evolution and Plant Systematics **Location**: Leipzig, Germany **Total number of specimens**: 170000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1806 **Taxonomic coverage**: Vascular plants and fungi **Geographic coverage**: Worldwide, especially neotropics and Europe; Germany **Important collectors**: A. Favre, O. Fiedler, P. Gutte, W. Morawetz, G. K. Müller **Notes**: Updated Apr 2015 (email addresses updated). Original herbarium destroyed in 1943 during World War II, including collections of G. Kunze, C. A. Frege, G. H. Mettenius, F. A. Römer, J. A. Schenk, and others. Oldest university herbarium in Germany. Database available at http://herbarium.univie.ac.at/database/ **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2018-02-06 > [!cite] This page is automatically generated • Data on this page were obtained from [Index Herbariorum](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/) on 2023-08-23. • Meaning of acronyms in TL-2 is not always the same as in IH. Consult list of original [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]] if you suspect acronym mismatch.